{"id":7362,"date":"2021-08-05T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=7362"},"modified":"2021-08-05T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T05:00:00","slug":"a-primrose-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/a-primrose-way\/","title":{"rendered":"A Primrose Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From the <\/em>Rock Island Argus, August 5, 1913<\/em><\/a>.<\/em> By Henry Howland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I see them trudging down the street.
    His head is bent, his hair is white;
Though she is old her smile is sweet,
    And best of all, her heart is light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He fondly guards her from the harm
    That threatens where the crowd is dense.
Her hand is laid upon his arm
    With long, long cherished confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has not won enduring fame,
    Nor gathered riches that are vast;
But she is proud to bear his name,
    And he will love her till the last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To him she still is young and fair,
    To her he still is brave and strong;
The way is strewn with roses where
    They slowly, gladly trudge along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Rock Island Argus, August 5, 1913. By Henry Howland. I see them trudging down the street.    His head is bent, his hair is white;Though she is old her smile is sweet,    And best of all, her heart is light. He fondly guards her from the harm    That threatens where the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-7362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-rock-island-argus","tag-henry-howland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}